Re: [patch 21/21] slab defrag: Obsolete SLAB

Christoph Lameter
2008-05-15T18:44:11Z

On Thu, 15 May 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> > Details of the crash please?
>
> I don't have any.

Well the amount of information we are getting has always been the main
factor in delaying this further and further. Sigh.

> > You could just start with 2.6.25.X which already contains the slab
> > statistics.
>
> Certainly. Exactly how does collecting these stats work? Am I supposed
> to zero the counters after the TPC has done its initial ramp-up? What
> commands should I run, and at exactly which points?

Compile slabinfo and then do f.e. slabinfo -AD (this is documented in the
help text provided when enabling statistics).